Lymphoma (Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin)
Discussion List
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R-EPOCH if you are over the age of 70?
Hello! Has anyone over the age of 70 on this forum gotten R-EPOCH chemo? My Dad, who is 75, might have the chance to get R-EPOCH chemo. Is it too risky?
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double hit lymphoma
Hello fellow cancer fighters! My Dad was recently diagnosed with double hit lymphoma. Is there anyone here who also has or knows someone who had double hit? Can you please share your experience? What chemo was given? This is new and scary territory. Any thoughts about R-CHOP versus R-EPOCH? Were you successful in curing…
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Recovery - expectations?
Greetings, I had a question that was more on the post-treatment side of cancer. My spouse had stage 4 non-Hodgkins and went through 4 months of treatment and is now in remission. We had wonderful care and amazing staff and support during treatment. However post-treatment, as we attempt to reastablish some normalcy, we have…
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Persistent immune deficiency
Hi All, The current string of uncertainty brought about by the CoViD-19 pandemic has put the issue of immune deficiency to the forefront of my mind. I have yet to reach retirement age by a good number of years, haven't been through nearly as many treatments as a number of other posters on this forum (6 R-CHOP + 12 Ritux…
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2nd Biopsy
Hello all, I'm a 32 year old healthy and physically active female. I've had a number of lymph nodes growing along my left collarbone and around my neck since November. I had an excisional biopsy at the beginning of March. The ENT that performed the biopsy was not satisfied with the results of the pathology report and…
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NLPHL (mesentery) status & message of appreciation
I wanted to reach out and thank all of you on this discussion board who made my 'experience' with nodular lymphocyte predominant hodgkin lymphoma (mesentery area only) much better than ever expected...Max, ShadyGuy, Jeff148, po18guy, and other very supportive contributors. For the first 18 months after diagnosis (in 2015),…
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Good Luck All
As Coronavirus nips at our heels May the road always rise to meet you May the wind always be at your back Coffee is for closers Lets go eat tacos Verily, verily Lets all go eat tacos